gender gaps in most developmental outcomes. As such, the interest is in examining also whether migration-induced resource …Temporary economic migration is undertaken largely in response to resource constraints. This is evident in the volume … capacity. In this paper the author takes up this question by asking whether economic migration allows households to avoid …

proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …

This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the … analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization for Migration. The analysis uses … this unique source of data, combining several techniques to analyze various dimensions of migration in Libya. First, the …

changing the nature of traditional institutions such as informal risk sharing. Mass internal migration has created … any stifling effect on their growth through migration. …

This paper describes stylized facts about internal migration and the labor force in Egypt, and shows how internal … migration in the country is low compared with international standards. Using aggregate labor force survey data, the paper shows … low migration in Egypt. …

: urbanization, agglomeration benefits, gender and informality. Focusing on the important policy objective of new enterprise creation … in the informal sector, it asks and answers four specific questions on the impact of urbanization and gender. It finds … urbanized areas; (ii) This "urbanization gradient" also exists separately for the creation of female owned enterprises and male …

guarantee for workers in migration-destination countries, financed by selling temporary work permits to migrant workers …

This paper estimates the impact of bilateral labor arrangements on migration between two countries. It uses … comprehensive data on bilateral migration and bilateral labor agreements across all country pairs for each decade from 1960 to 2020 …, the findings show that signing a bilateral labor agreement increases migration from an origin country to a destination …

their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further … important implications are sketched. Third, the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches …

trade and migration, doubts persist as to unobserved factors which may be driving this relationship. This paper re …-examines the trade-migration nexus using a panel spanning several decades, which comprises the majority of world trade and … migration in every decade. First the findings common to the literature are reproduced. Country-pair fixed effects are then used …